So I ask what is a “hippy” to do? Is there a way to support projects to help hungry people in the developing world, besides alienating them from their own land and forcing them to monocrop GM foods controlled by Cargil and Monsanto?

The good news is that there is, and it doesn’t involve continuing cycles of dependance, but rather builds self sufficiency and self determination of communities.

Its called Permacultural Aid, and it’s the only type of foreign aid and disaster relief that actually works. Permaculturist Steve Cran writes:

I’m a community sustainability and stabilization specialist. I work in impoverished or disaster stricken communities giving people the skills to grow their way out of poverty using their own resources as much as possible. I use strategies that are proven in the field. It’s no big deal, just common sense. It doesn’t cost much money in relative terms to eradicate poverty. What it takes is strategy, field skills and determination.”

Find out more about projects being carried out worldwide at the The Permaculture Research Institute and say “No!” to the imposition monopolistic Agricultural Servitude through GM seeds.